How do you store your parallel guides?

[wilburpan]

I'm working on organizing and cleaning up my workshop, and I'm looking for suggestions on what to do with my parallel guides for my TS-55. I'd like to hang them on the wall (I have a space for them, and I don't have much in the way of horizontal shelves), but I thought I'd ask to see what other people do with them.

And if I was to hang them on the wall, should I avoid hanging them by the movable guides?  I'm a little worried that hanging them by the movable guides might throw them out of alignment.

 

[tbellemare]

The holes in the ends work pretty well.

I've even used those holes in the ends of the guide rails to pin them overhead for elongated slots in eaves.

Tom

 

[wilburpan]

HI Tom,

I think you're thinking of the holes in the end of the guide rails, which I am already taking advantage of to hang them on the wall.

I'm looking for storage ideas for the parallel guides:

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[tbellemare]

Oops!

This is how I store mine...

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It uses these and a standard peg board.

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Tom

 

[Mark]

Just got mine and the one thing I do wish they had were plastic end caps for the rails as I tend to lean them against a wall with the aluminum extrusions on the floor. Over time they're gonna get dinged or crud shoved up the extrusion. Just like the bumpers on the end of a Stabila level.

 

[Rob-GB]

Just got mine and the one thing I do wish they had were plastic end caps for the rails as I tend to lean them against a wall with the aluminum extrusions on the floor. Over time they're gonna get dinged or crud shoved up the extrusion. Just like the bumpers on the end of a Stabila level.

You could always make some out of any ... exotic to us.... timber you find on the islands. ;D

Mine are stored in the Festool bag, along with 2 no. FS1400 rails, 1no. FS800 Rail, the contents of the guide rail accessory systainer, a 1mtr steel rule, a 600mm steel rule and a couple of  300mm Klemmsia Cam Clamps. It might have a couple of suitable screwdrivers lurking in there too. [big grin]
Rob.

 

[Neill]

Wilbur,

My shop is in my basement.  I have steel I-beams across the open ceiling rafters.  The lower lip on the I-beam really comes in handy.  I use it to hang my clamps and use the cove portion of the beam to store my parallel guides and other small items.

Neill

 

[wilburpan]

Mine are stored in the Festool bag, along with 2 no. FS1400 rails, 1no. FS800 Rail, the contents of the guide rail accessory systainer, a 1mtr steel rule, a 600mm steel rule and a couple of  300mm Klemmsia Cam Clamps. It might have a couple of suitable screwdrivers lurking in there too. [big grin]
Rob.

I did some searching, and if it's the bag that I'm thinking about, it's as exotic to the US as Mark's timbers are to you. 

 

[Rob-GB]

[doh]

EL NAINA strikes again. Can't be UL problems this time!

 

[Monju123]

Not very elegant, but effective.

 

[wilburpan]

That would work, but I would hate to walk up to my garage from my basement shop every time I needed to use the parallel guides.  [wink]

I wound up doing something similar to what Tom did, except I cut a piece of scrap wood to fit instead of using pegboard holders, and then screwed the scrap wood to the wall.

Thanks, everyone!

 

[Rick Christopherson]

I have them on my wall of shame from hooks, but I keep the short and long guides separated.

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[GPowers]

Man, that is a great wall of Festool. Very nice... [big grin]

 

[Sparktrician]

Dang!!!  I'm envious!!! 

Sparktrician

I have them on my wall of shame from hooks, but I keep the short and long guides separated.

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